Techno News

Return of the Swayzak label. Richard Davis 'The Blue', Ben Vedren 'In' and Blufarm 'Not Poor'

If you venture out of your own way and endlessly walk between Deep and Techno then maybe, at the crossroads with a cinematic landscape filled with emotions, you will find Swap White Ltd....

The first vinyl release on Abandoned Audio, the new sub-label from 31337 Records, Ezekiel Honig's 'A Film of String & Wood' continues his form of refracted, geographically oriented, electroacoustics. Sitting in a background of field recordings and incidental real-world objects, textured piano and horns act as cement for chunky, yet subdued rhythms that fall over themselves and snap back into place. Warm, looming tonal progressions remain incredibly intimate and focused while retaining an expansiveness of space, a perfect metaphor for Honig's music on the whole - personal and specific while intersecting with something more universal.

Throughout its five tracks, 'A Film of String & Wood' stretches and pulls its melodies, weaving them through each blocky snare, each bassy kick drum phrase, with a heart and mind that hearkens to a different time, memory-tinged with a nostalgia for a moment that is yet to pass. Pressed on sturdy 180 gram vinyl and featuring artwork/design by Ezekiel Honig.

DJ support so far from key players including: Murf (Subterrain), Russ Gabriel (Ferox).
Following the first 2 sell out releases, the mysterious Silver Ash returns with Tallow, the 3rd in a series of super limited 10" vinyl, handstamped, and lovingly mastered with a superb warm tape qualities. The original mix carries beautifully structured shuffling beats, and a wall of stunning reverbed stabs, dubby chords and cut through bass. Fellow dub techno producers, hailing from Australia, The Echo Inspectors provide a deeper reshape, soaked in warm dub soundscapes!

Little Hill goes dark!

A mysterious artist on the hill for this release named Vasco serving us, on Roman label, an ep with deep and glacial techno sounds; the two original tracks take us to the universe of the artist, cold and dark.

On other side the first remix is produced by Agazzi and follow the musicline of the originals so pulling out a paranoid march, other remix on bside is made by Valent and it's a peaktime modern techno percussive device.

Mastered by Rashad Backer at Dubplates&Mastering

Photo made by Valerio Gorga

Obsession Recordings presents their second release - a killer split EP between Primitive World and Yør.

Primitive World's 'Purple Caps' opens proceedings - a PCP laced exercise in paranoia, a jerking filtered loop oscilates around a thumping kick and intermittent percussive bursts, while looming minor chords offer the only brief respite from the heavily swung and distorted bassline. 'Tides Of Lust'' 's protean techno ups the urgency with the phantom punch of its caustic toms, skittering percussion and low-res tones that ride the steady pulse of the 808 subs.

'Rites Of Passage Pts. 1& 2' see Yør delivering steady neo-equatorial rhythms - pt1. finds A constant throbbing bass and ritualistic percussion cut through w/ suggestive whispers and breaths that weave throughout as the track vibrates with intensity, capped off by a restrained acid line and rolling snares. Pt 2. rounds out the package with a cut both jacking and haunting in equal measure - just below the surface of the rolling 909 and post-detroit chords, are the rogue cry of the abstracted re rendered voices and whistling that swim through its duration.

Third chapter of the "all in all" album project.

Deadbeat presents the second vinyl only release leading up to his forth coming album, Walls and Dimensions. While the first installment featured a lucious extended ambient drone piece over 2 sides, part 2 features extended dubs of 2 of the albums dance floor cuts filled to the brim with the space age dub effects, mournful melodies and rumbling bass lines Deadbeat fans have come to expect.

Another exciting indication of things to come with the soon to be released 10th Deadbeat album.

After "Trawler Crossing" in 2013, CVBox teams up with long time companion and musical soul mate Micha Freier for his next record. "Transparency" is CVBox through and through with long meandering bass lines and spacey synth climaxes. Techno jams that you can dance to with closed eyes. The first track "Blinking Lights" rides on a warm bass line, which is accompanied by perky synth swirls before a subtle but ultra effective snare comes in halfway through. "Bad Gate Way" is less straightforward but with its stuttering beats and spooky pads it recalls a time when Techno was all about trying out new things and creating ambiances that you can literally dive into. "Playwatch" comes with delay-driven synths and grasping rhythms and builds up to a majestic Techno track that is heavy on the dance floor. Finally, "XOXO" lurks around at first before it gets you with irresistible pads that bring things to a peaceful end. This is machine music with soul. The cover artwork was created by photographer Felix Adler from Leipzig.

Shadowy duo 'Arcing Seas' take the helm for the 8th release on Sigha's Our Circula Sound imprint. Loopy disjointed rhythms and thundering bottom end call to mind the label's earlier output. Full support from the OCS / Avian camp...

Limited White Vinyl Pressing!

Colour Vinyl!
The A-side, Spiral 7, is a pensive, evolving slow motion deep techno voyage across rolling waves of exhausted dancers while on the flip side Spiral 4 dives beneath the surface with broken submarine bleeps and acoustic depth charges before Spiral 3 finally drops anchor into a bottomless ocean of downbeat pulses.

Debut release from the Melbourne, Australia musician.

Classy deep and dubby vibes from the 2 masters of dub techno.

After over six years in the Dutch techno scene Kevin Arnemann is beginning a new chapter in his career. The time has arrived for Arnemann to give back to the scene through the launch of his own record label, Taped Artifact, this April. Together with graphic designer Daan Kemp, they have created a platform that transcends the conventional boundaries of record labels today. This project will focus on visual art in addition to quality and top-notch music. The foundation of this label is built off of personal and artistic expression as well as limitless experimentation that will stimulate all human senses. This unique venture will give the freedom to its contributors to move freely through all fields of creativity and innovation. In addition to Arnemann's productions, Taped Artifact will feature releases from a selection of artists that think outside the box and are not confined by genre. The main focus for this label is to allow the artists to focus on incorporating aesthetics with atmospheric and profound sounds that will capture the attention of listeners around the world. The first release will come from Kevin Arnemann himself. Known for his uncompromising techno sets, this release will showcase his deeper side by delivering three profound excursions.

For as long as I can remember, my mother has been telling stories. Her sharing these stories with me helped me to find ways to open doors to creativity. My mother is still a little girl, wandering through the woods. Now with grey hair and a slower pace to her walk, but still with the same vibrating force of imagination and the same love for the stories that comes to her. One of the stories she told me was about a little boy finding a very special drum in the forest, a magical drum filled with the power of dance. The drum helped the boy find his own dance and creativity, and to awaken joy and happiness when sharing it with others. The sort of joy and happiness that give us and the people we meet strength to investigate life; investigate the endless creativity that we all are part of.
Let the drum of Wa Wu We be heard, let it be played and let each of us dance the song of life, moment by moment. In the dance we can express what is now and get a direct experience of ... This! ... where there is no separation; where there is just for us to be.

Wa Wu We is new label and artist alias from Sebastian Mullaert (aka Minilogue); meditation, improvisation and dance are key words for this.

We live in dangerous times. We are blinded by control vectors that separate us from reality. And The Black Dog returns with a viral antidote: an album of de-programming material which they've called Nether/Neither. This record continues the work they started with Further Vexations and Radio Scarecrow. Burroughs was right: we are now living in a world that is nothing short of a total information war. We are neither one thing nor another, endlessly on the fence in the face of an onslaught of disinformation. Non-linear hypermedia systems are openly used to control us, their operation being totally exposed, mocking our impotence, yet complete in their power. We are all proles now, all are expected to maintain a mental state of Neither/Neither, of uncertainty and inaction. Even in a world where anyone can be an instant expert on any subject in a single click, we find that all our knowledge is a mere replay of someone else's script.We are surrounded and occupied by systems of platitude generation that are empty and self-referential. All is surface and all is hollow. From the Tories' election propaganda to David Icke, they're all the same, all meaning filtered to nothing by a lack of substance, science and humanity. Falsehood becomes reason, no
matter how ridiculous the proposition. They stand for nothing so they can have no questions to answer.False prophets and the modern day snake oil salesmen parade their viral vampirism, grasping for our time, money and headspace. Even our ridicule becomes fuel for their trade as they turn ignorance and
psychopathic exploitation into received wisdom and public opinion. Ask any sideshow psychic, repeat, pure Barnum bunkum enough times and you can seize the psychology of the masses. Rumours become truth then they become action and policy that in the cold light of the day make no-sense at all. No one's sure where they heard it but they have. The spectral offer of change, which actually sustains the stasis of confusion. They spin us on a ball of confusion we live on continues to turn and as long as they have us in a state of Neither/Neither they will always maintain control. Fight Back!Neither/Neither shows the world The Black Dog is reflecting.

vinyl only !!
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Ronan Portela & Ariel Rodz managed to feed on different musical genres throughout their careers, experiencing various production techniques, achieving the sound that characterizes them today.
For this fifth vinyls releases of Hermine Records, Ronan & Ariel gived a sound based on House and Tech House.
Side B count with a remix of an other important Argentinian producer, Jorge Savoretti.

Feedbacks:
Medu : Really nice & playable tunes!
Savoretti Remix is my fav. thx!
Mihai popoviciu : remix for me! will play it!
Paco Maroto : Nice. Thanks!!
Darkrow : nice!
Fer Ferrari : Ronan & Ariel for me, FULL SUPPORT!!
Collective Machine : Very nice ep! support! thx
Miguel Lobo : fantastic ep all for me!
Jerry ropero : good work!
Refresh (Italy) : Great work, my favorite track is Marshal plant
(jorge Savoretti remix, thanks for the music!
Clio (saved - metrolineltd) : Jorge savoretti remix is great !
it's my favorite here
Richie hawtin : downloaded for r hawtin
Marco carola : download For marco carola
amine edge : thx
Jesus Soblechero : Nice EP from Ronan, really nice .. thanks for
the music!
Bodeler : Ronan + Ariel + Savoretti, solid sound, lovely
executed, excellent.
juan zolbaran : bomb ep ! full support

*** vinyl only ***
"Francesco" delivery the 4 EP! The first Orbital Variation is a dark and hypnotic track, Desert City is melancholic and it describes the landscape of a ghost town, Motor is obsessive it leaves no respite as an "assembly line" in the full period of industrialization and the last City describes an industrial landscape, with the sun in the face of the people.

*** vinyl only ***
"Francesco", DJ and Producer from Italy, delivers the 2nd bomb!!! The EP contains great experimental and deep techno tracks. Already in the
bags of Jeff Mills, Chris Liebing, Joseph Capriati, Ben Klock, Dustin Zahn, Raffaele Attanasio, Someone Else, Roberto Clementi, Dadub, Dasha Rush, Unam Zetineb (UZB), Luca Pagani, Mirco Violi, Guido Durante and more.
Produced by Stefano Greppi (Schermate).
Limited to 250 copies. Only on vinyl!